Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Latex documents in Lyx with ACM SIG template class

Setup the stage:
           Install the latest version of MikTEX
           Install Lyx

Basics on Lyx and Latex:
           To get started, watch these videos from 1-4 

           See this Screencast on How to add images

To use ACM SIG template class, follow the instructions

Note that the file is initially read only. So you need to save it to edit. When you press view pdf, it might give error message regarding image size. Just replace the images with any existing image from HDD.

Scale a table:
In order to scale a table to fit the size of the document, use this starting file. In your own document, you need to add packages in order run the instructions that you see in the starting file. You can add packages in the following manner.

How to add packages into the preamble of a document:


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